hexapod

American  

[hek-suh-pod] / ˈhɛk səˌpɒd /

noun

1. a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.

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adjective

1. having six feet.

hexapod British  

/ ˈhɛksəˌpɒd /

noun

1. any arthropod of the class Hexapoda (or Insecta ); an insect

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Other Word Forms

• hexapodous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hexapod

1660–70; < Greek hexapod- (stem of hexápous ) six-footed. See hexa-, -pod

Example Sentences

This six-legged hexapod walking machine was thought to be the first computer-controlled walking machine designed to carry humans.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

He watched with unflagging vigilance, and it was only when the hexapod expanded its wings as if for flight that he prepared to imprison it in the hollow of his hand.

From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.

Probably no hexapod, however, has more interested entomologists than Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, a parasite of the beaver.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

Herbivorous hexapod larvæ, with fleshy, cylindrical bodies, somewhat curved, so that they lie on their side.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir

Another approved insecticide for scale insects is resin wash, which acts in two ways: first, corroding the soft scales, and second, fixing the harder scales to stop the egress of the hexapod larvae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various